The Ministry of Public Works and Housing invests 5.6 billion GH ¢ in sanitation

General News on Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-05-28

Samuel Atta Akyea, Minister of Public Works and Housing, hinted that his team had decided to convince the Cabinet to issue a $ 5.6 billion Eurobond to effectively combat the problem of corruption. In the country.

Once approved, the funds would be used for the excavation of mbadive drains, dredging, desilting and intensification of public campaigns on the urgent need for change of attitude.

Atta Akyea, who is also MP for Abuakwa South, spoke at the Sixth National Policy Summit in Cape Coast, focusing on the fisheries and sanitation sectors.

The two-day event, which began on Sunday, is organized quarterly to provide a platform explaining to citizens the policies, plans and activities of the government, as well as to gather feedback for the formulation and the implementation of policies.

It was developed by the Ministry of Information on the theme: "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Priority to Fisheries and Sanitation".

Akyea noted that the current sanitation situation in the country required a mbadive financial investment to control floods and persistent epidemics, but that funds for sanitation activities were lacking.

It is in this respect that the Ministry has submitted for approval to the Ministry of Finance an emergency budget amounting to 523,150.00 GH. The government had also approved the budget allocation of 200 million GH ¢ to the ministry in order to intensify its efforts to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa.

Mr. Atta Akyea listed some sanitation problems, including climate change factors that affect precipitation patterns, high tide, urbanization, garbage disposal without distinction, mismanagement waste, construction of waterways and inadequate financing.

According to him, the surest way to make the country the cleanest country in Africa was to resolutely tackle sanitation and environmental problems in order to help the country. Ghana to go beyond the agenda of aid and economic transformation.

He called for ending the construction of open drains, encouraging recycling, sustained public education and strict enforcement of sanitation laws, with deterrence of punitive measures as part of the plans for sanitation. urgency to remedy the situation.

He instructed the bademblies to strengthen law enforcement strategies to compel homeowners and citizens to plan for the installation of home toilets while working with stakeholders to ensure satisfactory sanitation in the home. communities.

They should facilitate the process of acquiring building permits and demolish illegal structures, especially those built on waterways, to limit persistent floods in the country.

Dr. Atta Mensah, a lecturer at the University of Ghana, who participated in the public discussion, urged the government to create a national fund for sanitation with clearly defined terms for its use and management appropriate.

He also denounced the absence of modern sanitary landfill sites to efficiently recycle the huge tons of waste generated throughout the country.

Nana Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, deputy minister of information, in her closing remarks, asked all stakeholders to help the government to ensure the cleanliness of the environment in the context of Achieving sustainable development goals and encouraging citizens to care about sanitation and to refrain from indiscriminate waste disposal.

Nana Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, Deputy Minister of Information, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Traditional and Religious Leaders, District and Metropolitan Chiefs, Academics, Students and Party Representatives political and media.